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Twig Morris has always loved gardening. She had a garden in New Jersey but when she and her husband moved to Wellington in 2004, Morris found Florida gardening to be different from up north. "I saw impatiens being planted in the fall and I thought, 'That's weird,'" she said. "That's why I joined. I love gardening, wanted to learn, I was retired and it seemed like good fun." Morris joined the Wellington Garden Club, a nonprofit organization that has been an active part of the community since 1982. The club is also part of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs and National Garden Clubs, Inc. and now has over 170 members. "Before I joined, a...

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